Private journal of C.H. Warren on board H.M.S. Devastation, 1861-1863.

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Private journal of C.H. Warren on board H.M.S. Devastation, 1861-1863.

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The private journal of C.H. Warren on board H.M.S. Devastation is a personal record kept by a British seaman documenting a voyage from England to British Columbia under the command of Dobree McCrea (1861-1862) and John William Pike (1862-1863). Warren's account begins on December 12, 1861 and ends on May 19, 1863 (the day after his eighteenth birthday). In an early entry, dated March 31, 1862, he describes himself as "one of those persons commonly called midshipmites"; accordingly, the journal offers his unique and personal perspective of events on board ship and in the various ports in which it stopped. Among those ports described en route to British Columbia are Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Valparaiso, Chile. The Devastation, a "6 paddle wheel steam sloop" arrived in the waters off British Columbia during the summer of 1862, a time of unrest in which a group of local Tsimshian Indians near Fort Simpson had been accused of attacking white gold miners and traders. The Devastation was sent to Fort Simpson in response to the fears voiced by influential missionary, William Duncan, over escalating violence in the recently established Metlakatla settlement. Warren's firsthand account of this, and other incidents involving the Tsimshian, is supplemented by contemporary newspaper clippings tipped into the journal. In addition to his text, there are several small sketches by Warren, as well as a full-page pen and ink drawing. Also included in the journal is a wood engraved illustration of a mother and child pasted to the front free endpaper and a small label of the H.M.S. Orion on front pastedown.

[130] p. : ill. ; 16 cm.

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Warren, C. H. (Charles Henry), b. 1845.

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C.H. Warren served as a midshipman on the Royal Navy warship, H.M.S. Devastation during its 1861-1863 voyage from England to the Pacific. Born May 18, 1845 in Gosport, Hampshire, Charles Henry Warren joined the Royal Navy in 1860 and became a lieutenant in 1867. He later served on the H.M.S. Princess Charlotte. From the description of Private journal of C.H. Warren on board H.M.S. Devastation, 1861-1863. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 463629547 ...

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Richard Howe, Earl Howe, was born in London, England, on March 19, 1726, the son of Emanuel Scrope Howe (1699-1735) and Mary Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg (1703-1782). Around 1735, he joined the crew of the merchant ship Thames, and in July 1739 he joined the 40-gun Royal Navy ship Pearl . Howe then served on several ships in the Caribbean and off the South American coast. After being promoted to lieutenant in 1744 and post captain in 1746, he continued his military service in th...

Duncan, William, 1832-1918

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Anglican lay missionary to the Tsimshian Indians in Metlakatla, B.C., 1857-1887, and in New Metlakatla, Annette Island, Alaska, 1887-1918. From the description of Letters : on board steamer Ancon and Metlakahtla [i.e. Metlakatla], Alaska, to Mr. [Edward E.] Ayer, 1889-1890. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 36896579 ...

Devastation (Ship)

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